Amnesty International, a human rights organisation, has stated that the identity of the Endsars victims slated for mass burial must be made public by Lagos state authorities.
The planned mass burial of 103 endsars victims must be prevented, said to the organization’s director Isa Sanusi, who also called for a probe into the deaths and the prosecution of those responsible.
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The group is in response to a government memo that was leaked on July 19 and was written to the health ministry of Lagos State.
On Sunday, a letter from the Lagos State Government Public Procurement Agency titled: Letter of No Objection – Mass Burial for the 103, the Year 2020 ENDSARS victims circulated on the internet for several hours, sparking outrage.
The letter revealed that the state government engaged the services of Messrs Tos Funeral Ltd, a private firm, at the cost of N61,285,000 to bury 103 bodies tagged as “Endsars victims.”
The Lagos State Government, however, confirmed the leaked memo and maintained that the victims to be buried are not from the controversial Lekki Tollgate shooting.
In its statement, Amnesty said, “The Nigerian authorities must urgently halt their plans to carry out a secret mass burial of #EndSARS victims and instead carry out a thorough and independent investigation into the killings and ensure that those suspected to be responsible are brought to justice in fair trials.
“They must also carry out transparent coroner inquests and autopsies on the 103 #EndSARS victims and publish their identities and the circumstances of their deaths.
“It is appalling that the Lagos state government has not even mentioned that it has held the bodies of 103 #EndSARS victims in its custody since October 2020.”
Sanusi further said that all those detained because of their role in the #EndSARS protests must be released immediately.
“The Nigerian authorities must also ensure that victims and their families are provided with access to justice and effective remedies, including adequate compensation,” he said.
